giblets Posted December 27, 2017 Posted December 27, 2017 Team GQ, I have a weird Linux issue going on over here. I say weird, because I have no seen it before on any OS and it's hard to describe. Essentially, sometimes some programs don't display all their characters. For example, if I open a browser and type in Gamequitters.com, it might display it as g m q tt rs.c m Initially I thought it might be a display issue as I connect my laptop to an external monitor when I am at home, but it seems to happen when I am on the move as well (though generally in my email program). The main ones that it happens to is spreadsheets, web browser, file browser, and e-mail. Any help would be appreciated! I have attached a screenshot below, I have my monitors in a vertical set up. I would edit the image so you can only see the affected program but I have no idea how to do that without seeing the words!
giblets Posted December 28, 2017 Author Posted December 28, 2017 Your research skills must be ninja-like, @stablish. I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Unity and I just changed the system font to Sans (seems like a safe option) utilising the Unity Tweak Tool. uname output: Linux geepeedee 4.14.0-11-generic #gpd SMP Thu Oct 12 09:34:06 CEST 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux glxinfo output: server glx vendor string: SGI client glx vendor string: Mesa Project and SGI Vendor: Intel Open Source Technology Center (0x8086) OpenGL vendor string: Intel Open Source Technology Center lspci output: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 22b0 (rev 34) egrep output: var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 15.210] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20170818 [ 15.508] (II) intel(0): Output DSI1 connected I haven't been able to replicate the issue today, it seems sporadic.
giblets Posted December 30, 2017 Author Posted December 30, 2017 Alright I have done all that, lets see how we go! Thanks. If the dramas continue I'll swap to a window manager I think. 1
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